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Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah .

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath , and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah .

The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah , the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon , king of Judah .

The son of Zuph , the son of Elkanah , the son of Mahath , the son of Amasai ,

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah , and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead .

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.